ERIC Number: EJ1043612
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-1380-3611
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Motivational and Cognitive Test-Taking Strategies and Their Influence on Test Performance in Mathematics
Peng, Yun; Hong, Eunsook; Mason, Elsa
Educational Research and Evaluation, v20 n5 p366-385 2014
A structural equation model of relationships among testing-related motivation variables (test value, effort, self-efficacy, and test anxiety), test-taking strategies (test tactics and metacognitive strategies), gender, and math test performance were examined with a sample of 10th graders (N = 438; 182 males and 256 females). In general, motivation variables influenced the use of test-taking strategies and demonstrated stronger impacts on math performance than did test-taking strategies. Gender differences were found in self-efficacy and test anxiety. With a few surprising but culturally relevant results that warrant further investigation, the current study extended previous works on antecedents of academic achievement to testing situations within the self-regulated learning theory.
Descriptors: High School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Tests, Test Wiseness, Self Efficacy, Test Anxiety, Gender Differences, Student Motivation, Hypothesis Testing, Structural Equation Models, Foreign Countries, Grade 10, Metacognition, Questionnaires
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 10
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China (Guangzhou)
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